The Foundation supports research across basic, translational and clinical science to speed breakthroughs that can lead to the creation of new treatments and a better quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Previously funded studies appear chronologically, with the most recent appearing first.
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Spring 2022 RFP: Proof-of-Concept Testing of PD Therapeutics, 2022Preclinical Models and Therapies for the Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
Study Rationale: In addition to the well-recognized movement abnormalities associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, leaky gut and inflammation are also...
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Research Grant, 2022Evaluation of Assessments Made by Digital Health Technology
Study Rationale: The development of drugs that can slow or halt the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be expensive and take a long time. Although there are many promising new therapeutics in...
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Research Grant, 2022Extending Assessment of WATCH-PD Remote Digital Technology
Study Rationale: Digital tools can provide objective, sensitive, real-world measures of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Better measures could lead to more efficient, patient-centric and timely evaluation of...
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Research Resources Imaging Program, 2022Developing Actionable Machine Learning (AML) Methods for Diagnosing, Monitoring and Treating Parkinson’s Disease
Study Rationale: In today’s modern age of computational smart health, actionable machine learning (AML) methods automatically and progressively learn how to correctly answer queries about the state of...
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Novel PET Tracer Development Program, 2022Discovery of Novel Radiolabeled Tracers for Imaging Microglia Associated with Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease
Study Rationale: Parkinson´s disease (PD) is associated with neuroinflammation and the activation of microglia, cells that belong to the brain’s immune system. A protein called Colony stimulating...
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Research Grant, 2022Creation and Testing of a Combined Cognitive Score in Parkinson Disease
Study Rationale: Many different tests of memory and thinking are given to people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), but it is not clear how to use or combine these test scores to best detect early...
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